LinkedIn Will Outlive Facebook. Here’s Why

Facebook's latest $1 billion acquisition smacks of a desperation that LinkedIn consistently manages to avoid.

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With all due respect to Facebook, paying $1 billion for Instagram smacks of desperation.

It's as if CEO Mark Zuckerberg is terrified of becoming irrelevant and is willing to spend insane amounts of money in order for…